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June 27, 2023

Keeping It Real In The Fight For Normalcy Within the Disabled Communi…

Today Jan is joined by Matt, who is one of the people she has been coaching and has become a very special person in her life, to talk about how being disabled, while a trauma on it's own, causes trauma …

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June 22, 2023

The Do's And Don'ts Of Verbal And Nonverbal Communication With A Surv…

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is aimed at letting the story be told by the victim in their own way without …

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June 20, 2023

How To Talk About Suicide With Those At Risk With Alyssa Damron

Today Jan is joined again by Alyssa Damron (Masters in Social Work from BYU) to discuss the topic of suicide, what it looks like, how to talk to those at risk, and how you can help someone struggling with ideation. …

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June 15, 2023

The First Imperative Steps In Addressing The Possible Sexual Abuse Of…

Today Jan begins a series of solo episodes exploring the ways to initially assess the possible sexual abuse of your child and how to take further action if the worst is true without causing further trauma. This episode is spo...

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June 13, 2023

What One Sacrifices To Save Their Child : Ruthie's Story

Today Jan is joined by Ruthie who is the parent of a child that went through sexual abuse by her step-sibling for two years. The story today is this child's story, but through the eyes of her mother, showing the …

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June 8, 2023

What Happened To Me Does Not Define Me Or My Value : Michelle's Story…

Today Jan is joined yet again by author, speaker, poet, voiceover artist Michelle Jackson so we can take a deeper dive into what her healing looks like. Not only has she had to deal with lapses in her mental fortitude, …

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June 6, 2023

An Advocate For Un-Judging Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse : Leanne's…

Today Jan is joined by Leanne who is here to share her story of repressing her severe sexual abuse as a child for 35 years only to have a bad relationship bring up all of the damage. This not only …

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June 1, 2023

Resilience Roundtable with Dave Markel, Austen Tanner, and Alan Manwa…

Today Jan brings together a round-table of Co-Host Dave Markel, Senior Producer of this podcast and Co-Founder of The Jan Broberg Foundation Austen Tanner, and the Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation Alan Manwari...

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May 30, 2023

Connecting The Dots Between Your Trauma and Your Behavior with Dave M…

Today Jan is joined by Co-Host Dave Markel and guest/Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation, Alan Manwaring to talk about the benefits Alan has had from finding a community of survivors to openly discuss their abuse...

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May 25, 2023

Building A Bridge From The Future To The Present

Today Jan talks about different strategies for organizing your life to reach a goal, and how that not only clarifies the steps one must take to reach their goal, but also to positively impact their life and sense of purpose. …

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May 23, 2023

Using Forgiveness, Love, Purpose, and Thought To Transform Your Self-…

Michelle Jackson is a wife, mother and MiMi (grandmother), Christian, Certified Life and Transformational Healing Speaker and Coach, Voice Over Artist, Author of 4 self-published books, Poet, NAMI Chicago Ambassador and Speak...

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May 18, 2023

Men's Healing and Realizing You Need To Start Your Healing Journey wi…

Today Jan is joined by Co-Host Dave Markel and guest/Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation, Alan Manwaring to talk about the male perspective on needing to heal and how Alan personally came to realize he needed to ...

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May 16, 2023

[Re-Release] Tonic Immobility & How Trauma Affects the Brain with Dav…

Sometimes life happens, so today we invite you to have a listen to one of our more popular episodes (plus a bit of behind the mic banter at the end). Hope you enjoy. Today Austen, Chris, and Dave come together …

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May 11, 2023

What Does It Take to Tell Your Story?

Today Jan talks about the other side of refining her story and the difficulties that her and her orbit faced. This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp Online Therapy. Get in touch with the right therapist today! Use our link t...

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May 9, 2023

Andy's Story : I Do Things Now To Make Myself Feel Heard

Today Jan sits down with Andy Wagner, creator of the CannaBlogger's Corner podcast, to discuss PTSD, survivors guilt, and how the unknown can truly contain anything. Connect with Andy Wagner: Website: CannaBlogger's Corner In...

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May 4, 2023

The Reality of Familial Abusers

On today's solo episode Jan unpacks what appears to be the standard norms around familial abusers and what happens throughout the home and family when the abuse is discovered, while offering her insights on how to minimize th...

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May 2, 2023

Stephanie's Story : Identify It, Get Rid of It, and Replace it

Stephanie Parrish is an internationally certified Hyperbaric Oxygen therapist, a nationally certified PBMT Light therapist and an internationally certified Microcirculation therapist with Avacen Medical. As founder of the Vit...

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April 27, 2023

Narrative Therapy and Reshaping Your Story

On today's solo episode Jan shares her experience surrounding Narrative Therapy and how her upbringing and habits shaped her to resonate with this mode of healing. This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp Online Therapy. Get i...

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April 25, 2023

Deanna's Story : There Is No Try

Today Jan is joined by Deanna to talk about what it takes to not be your trauma when it's all you've known. While sexual abuse isn't the primary trauma in Deanna's story, you can see how the damage she underwent …

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April 20, 2023

J(u)an Solo : What Is An Orbit?

Today Jan begins a new addition to our episode format where Jan will be doing shorter (20-30 minutes) solo episodes where she will cover a variety of topics, such as the vocabulary that is regularly used in the show, healing …

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April 18, 2023

Susan Broberg's Thrivivor Share : Being More Than A Manipulation

Today Jan hands the mic over to her sister Susan Broberg so she can share how she came to realize, layer by layer, how events she can't even remember shaped her self-worth and perspective on what her role is in …

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April 13, 2023

Empowering the Voiceless : The Planned Impact of The Jan Broberg Foun…

Today Jan is joined by cohost and creator of the podcast S.A.S.S., Dave Markel, and Alan Manwaring, Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation for a round table. Alan is here to introduce himself to the community and ta...

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April 11, 2023

The Brian Ostler Perspective : "He Sees Her As His Baby Daughter"

Today Jan is joined by one of her childhood friends Brian Ostler so they can take a trip back in time to get a more peripheral view of everything that happened to Jan and some of the public perceptions that …

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April 6, 2023

Terry's Story : Working On Yourself To Be A Better Partner

Today Jan is joined by Terry, co-founder of the Shuniya Foundation, so they can discuss what working on your own damage from trauma in tandem with a partner looks like and how important it is to find self-love so you …

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